AI World Society Distinguished Lecture

China’s path to AI domination has a problem: brain drain

A new analysis shows that the number of Chinese AI researchers has increased tenfold over the last decade, but the majority of them live outside the country.
Superpower dreams: China has put forth a concerted effort to grow into a leading AI powerhouse over the last few years.
Home-grown army: the authorship of papers accepted to NeurIPS, one of the most prestigious international AI conferences, and found a nearly tenfold increase in the number of authors who did their undergraduate studies in China over the last decade.
Brain drain: Despite the country’s success in cultivating domestic talent, however, it has struggled with retention.
Why it matters: Among the four major inputs into a country’s AI ecosystem—talent,...